Works

1Power to construct and maintain works for Phase 2a of High Speed 2

1

The nominated undertaker may construct and maintain the works specified in Schedule 1, being—

a

works for the construction of a railway between—

i

a junction with Phase One of High Speed 2 near Fradley Wood in Staffordshire, and

ii

a junction with the West Coast Main Line near Crewe in Cheshire,

b

other railway works which are required for the purposes of—

i

the railway mentioned in paragraph (a), or

ii

a high speed railway transport system of which that railway forms or is to form part, and

c

works consequent on, or incidental to, works within paragraph (a) or (b).

2

In this Act, the works specified in Schedule 1 are called the “scheduled works”.

3

References in this Act to “Phase 2a of High Speed 2” are to the railway mentioned in subsection (1)(a).

4

In subsection (1)(a), “Phase One of High Speed 2” has the same meaning as in the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (see section 1(3) of that Act).